Advising
Current UTeach Dallas students in the school of Natural Sciences and Mathematics must contact the UTeach Dallas advisor, Hailey King, each semester either in person or virtual conversation in order to register for UTeach Dallas courses. Registration information will be disseminated via email each semester.
UTeach students who have a major outside of Natural Sciences and Mathematics will also have an academic advisor in their major department. While these students will contact the UTeach Dallas advisor each semester, they will also need to meet with their major advisor regularly to ensure that they are on track with degree requirements, including IS Education degrees.
Prospective students must meet with the UTeach Dallas advisor prior to enrolling in the first UTeach Dallas course. Request your appointment.
Appointments with our advisor:
Current or prospective UTeach Dallas students can come by the office FN 3.308P, call 972-883-6485, or use the on-line scheduler to make an appointment with her.
Walk–ins are welcome during normal office hours, if available. Scheduled appointments do have priority.
For More Information:
- Click to see the Certification Preparation Programs offered
- Click to see UTeach Dallas course sequences based on university level when enrolling in the UTeach Dallas Program.
- Getting Certified. – Helpful info on the process of getting certified.
- For specific educator certification plan admission requirements see the UTD catalog page Teacher Certification (2022 catalog)
- Be sure to read through the UTeach Dallas Student Handbook (2-13-23)
Need help with your TEAL account? This is the one you set up with TEA.
Important Information About Apprentice Teaching
You must apply for Apprentice Teaching in the semester before you plan to student teach. The application is completed must be completed and submitted to the Apprentice Teacher Coordinator. For more information go to the Apprentice Teaching page.
In addition to completing the application, you will receive an important email about two weeks before the deadline to which you must reply.
Deadlines
You must apply in the semester before you plan to student teach:
Apprentice Teaching in the spring semester: October 1
Apprentice Teaching in the fall semester: March 1
If you have any questions, contact the Apprentice Teacher Coordinator – James McConnell
Important Information About Exiting the Program
Although we hope that your journey with us ends in certification, you may need to leave the program before that happens. Before pausing or formally withdrawing from the Educator Preparation Program, please take note of the following factors that may impact seeking certification in the state of Texas at a future date.
- Certification testing approval was established under UT Dallas’s UTeach Dallas Program at admission to the EPP through the Teacher Development Center. A formal request for release of testing approval is required in the event of application to another Educator Preparation Program (EPP) in the state of Texas.
- Leave of Absences are recommended not to extend past one semester. Extended Leave of Absences will cause removal from the TEA system and will require readmission into the EPP.
- A Leave of Absence of five (5) years or more will result in a student having to repeat the entire professional development sequence upon return to the program.
- Those wishing to withdraw should fill out the Educator Preparation Program Non-Participation form available in the UTeach Dallas Advisor’s office. Students who have not been enrolled in a program course for multiple semesters may be contacted about their plans. Failure to reply may result in removal from the program.
Those wishing to withdraw should fill out the Educator Preparation Program Non-Participation form available in the UTeach Dallas Advisor’s office. Students who have not been enrolled in a program course for multiple semesters may be contacted about their plans. Failure to reply may result in removal from the program.
In rare situations, students may be removed from the program. The Department head of Science and Mathematics Education (Director of UTeach Dallas) along with the advice of the Certificate Team Committee (The Associate Director of UTeach Dallas, UTeach Dallas Advisor, University Supervisor of Clinical Teaching and other Master Teachers) will serve in the decision-making capacity. Reasons candidates may be removed from the UTeach Dallas Educator Preparation Program may include, but not be limited to, the following:
- Failure to maintain a minimum 2.75 grade point average both overall and in major area of study
- Standard of Conduct/Educator Code of Ethics violation
- UT Dallas Fitness to Teach violation
- Criminal Background Check that precludes placement
- Failure to make continual progress towards program completion
- Failure to earn a minimum of a “B” (3.0) in all restricted teacher education courses
- Failure to become certified within five years of graduation/finishing
- Failure to follow all attendance, dress code, and other guidelines
- After finishing the program, a significant change in the standards or test requirements for the certification field in which the student prepared and the candidate has not successfully completed all required certification testing
- School/district refuses to accept the student for field experience/clinical teaching
- School/district requests that the candidate be removed from a field/clinical teaching assignment
- Leave of Absences are recommended not to extend past one semester. Extended Leave of Absences will cause removal from the TEA system and will require readmission into the EPP.
- A Leave of Absence of five (5) years or more will result in a student having to repeat the entire professional development sequence upon return to the program.
(h) All EPPs shall have a published exit policy for dismissal of candidates that is reviewed and signed by candidates upon admission.
